Intermot and Alps

In september 2004, we decided to visit the Intermot in München, Germany.

And when you're nearby, you might just as well ride on to the Alps.

Our friend Pim happens to live in Switserland, and we never visited him over there,
so it was clear that those Alps would be the Swiss Alps.

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Traveling through Germany

Three farmer's vehicles

We didn't take the Autobahn in Germany: it's much more fun on the other roads. Compared to the Netherlands, the maximum speed there is
high (100 versus 80 km per hour), there are lovely villages, and there are many superb roads.

The B258, B257 and B259 for instance, near the Nürburgring, form a circuit by themselves.

We rode from South Limburg in the Netherlands (where we live) to Bad Tölz near München, and, on the way back, through the
Black Forest.

Bad Tölz

Main street in Bad Tölz

The whole of München was fully booked, so we had found a hotel in Bad Tölz, some fifty kilometers to the south. It's a Bayren town,
with "trachten"-shops (lederhosen and dirndls), houses with painted figures, churches with onionshape towers, and so on.

Austria

Privatstrasse in Austria

The part of Austria where we rode is Tirol, and Tirol is the essence of Austria. Farmers "art" in the form of painted houses,
wooden statues (carved during the winter months), and Lederhosen of course.

It's very agreeable to ride through Tiroler villages! The Alps make sure your motorcycle will enjoy itself as well. And fuell is cheap:
Austria is a great motorcycle country ;-)

Swiss Alps

On top of the Susten pass

In Switzerland, we rode four of the "big" Alp passes: the Susten, the Grimsel, the Nufenen and the St Gotthard (the old pass: the
Tremola road).

It was september, the sun was shining, the roads were empty. Under those circumstances, I can't imagine any place better for motorcycle
riding than the big passes over here: you climb very high, the roads are of very good quality, the sight is stunning, and so are the views.